Scitamineﾵ and Liliaceﾵ palms

1119. The features of many plants are so obvious and characteristic as to strike every general observer. The Scitamineﾵ, tree-heaths, firs, and pines, Mimosﾵ, climbers, Cacteﾵ, grasses, lichens, mosses, palms, Equisetaecﾵ, arums, Pothos, Dracontium, Malvaceﾵ, Orchideﾵ, Liliaceﾵ, &c. form remarkable groups, distinguishable at first sight. Of these groups, the most beautiful are the palms, Scitamineﾵ, and Liliaceﾵ, while the Gramineﾵ include the bamboos, and the Musaceﾵ the plantains, the most splendid of umbrageous plants.